While the majority of Americans do not want Donald Trump to run for president again, the former president’s support base remains strong.
“His numbers don’t move. They’re trapped,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, told PBS in September. “The good thing about former President Trump is that his numbers aren’t going down. The bad thing is he’s only talking about his one third of the voters in his corner.”
It may not translate to electoral success, but these numbers are great for Trump product providers.
In 2019, from the first time I noticed a roadside Trump pop-up shop in blue Massachusetts, to the proliferation of Trump merchandise, and Trump-adjacent merchandise like “Let’s go, Brandon!” — The former president’s legal troubles continue to rise, but have not declined noticeably.
In fact, the Trump merchandising phenomenon seems to have inspired other politicians to try cashing in. Hillary Clinton, for example, sells her “But her email” shirts, hats, pins, and coffee mugs, and her proceeds go to her Political Action Committee. So far, however, there have been no known sightings of Hillary Clinton’s pop-up shop, or any other political candidate’s pop-up shop.
Meanwhile, the merchandise available to Donald Trump fans is becoming more and more interesting. For example, cookie cutters in the shape of Trump silhouettes and “Let’s Go Brandon!” are currently on sale on Etsy. Cookie cutters and Trump rolling pins for those who can’t resist infusing politics into their holiday baking.
Also on Etsy: “Make America’s Hair Great Again” Comb (bestseller), Trump Candles and Car Coasters, Trump Garden Gnomes, Trump Cake Molds, and “Merry Trumpmas” Garden Flag with a Trumpesque Snowman to Recommend to Passers-by there is. To make Christmas great again.
To decorate your home or tree, you’ll find Trump/MAGA Nutcracker ornaments and a range of merchandise with the numbers 45 and 47. Up, there’s Trump/Brandon holiday wrapping paper.
Note that sellers of Trump merchandise are not necessarily Trump supporters. In fact, some seem inconsistent with conservative values. An Idaho-based Etsy shop that sells “Merry Trumpmas” flags pays tribute to the winter solstice celebrations that inspired Christmas customs with “Pagans is the reason for the season.” We also sell flags that say “This is the reason.”
There are also plenty of gift options for people who don’t like Trump, such as doormats with the image of Trump that say “wipe your feet here.”
Many people wondered why Trump announced it when he announced his candidacy for 2024. Jim Geraghty, writing for the National Review, said: In fact, the former president may have waited until 2023. Last night’s announcement revealed that the candidate was impatient, bored, and hungry to be in the spotlight again, a man he mocked as “Desanctimonious.” He suggested that he was jealous of
I don’t know; maybe it had something to do with getting ahead of the Christmas shopping season? After all, Trump sells his own wares too, including gold-wrapped milk his chocolate his bars, as well as Trump-brand salted peanuts, dog supplies, and cheese his paddles.
There’s also a $95 Mar-a-Lago ornament for your Christmas tree, embarrassingly “handcrafted in Europe.” (Where are the American artisans when you need them?) And a kitchen towel featuring a traditional Christmas nutcracker wearing a MAGA hat and carrying a Trump football.
As some cynical observers say, this suggests that everything Trump does is motivated by money, even if his best-selling book is The Art of the Deal. It does not imply. Rather, he knows brand values and brand loyalty.
Donald Trump may be the punching bag of the cultural elite, but he remains important to millions of Americans. , detailing “all the signs that Trump’s support for the Republican Party is weakening.” But it’s too early to rule him out, and it’s wise for political analysts to turn their attention to his Etsy. As the goods go, so does the country.
Also, the Ron DeSantis shirt (“DeSantis Airlines – Bringing the Border to You”) seems to be selling well.
